Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 31510. Section 31510.
The commissioner in his discretion may honor requests from interested persons for interpretive opinions.
PART 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS [31510. - 31516.]
Cal. Corporations Code - CORP 6.
in effectCal. Corporations Code - CORP § 31511. Section 31511.
No provision of this law imposing any liability applies to any act done or omitted in good faith in conformity with any rule, form, order, or any written interpretive opinion of the commissioner, or any opinion of the Attorney General, notwithstanding that the rule, form, order, or written interpretive opinion may later be amended or rescinded or be determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason.
Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 31512. Section 31512.
Any condition, stipulation or provision purporting to bind any person acquiring any franchise to waive compliance with any provision of this law or any rule or order hereunder is void.
Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 31512.1. Section 31512.1.
Any provision of a franchise agreement, franchise disclosure document, acknowledgment, questionnaire, or other writing, including any exhibit thereto, disclaiming or denying any of the following shall be deemed contrary to public policy and shall be void and unenforceable:
(a)
Representations made by the franchisor or its personnel or agents to a prospective franchisee.
(b)
Reliance by a franchisee on any representations made by the franchisor or its personnel or agents.
(c)
Reliance by a franchisee on the franchise disclosure document, including any exhibit thereto.
(d)
Violations of any provision of this division.
Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 31513. Section 31513.
Whenever a person is entitled under this law to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, a formal hearing before the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation may be substituted with the consent of such person and of the commissioner for such hearing before an independent hearing officer; and in that case after such hearing before the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation such person shall not be entitled to any further administrative remedy.
Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 31514. Section 31514.
If any provision of this law or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this law which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this law are declared to be severable.
Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 31515. Section 31515.
Prior law exclusively governs all suits, actions, prosecutions or proceedings which are pending or may be initiated on the basis of facts or circumstances occurring before the effective date of this law.
Cal. Corporations Code - CORP § 31516. Section 31516.
Nothing in this law is intended to preclude the applicability of the Real Estate Law, Part 1 (commencing with Section 10000), Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code, to any sale or lease of real property.
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